Word: loudnesses
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...80th floor that morning. We heard a loud explosion when the first tower was hit. A bunch of us were at the window trying to see what had happened when one of the managing directors came and yelled at us to get out. We took the stairs down. We tried to talk a little bit, even to strangers, to keep everybody from panicking. Some women had left high heels on the platforms between flights, and there were coffee cups under the railings. But we were going down at a good clip. I was already at the 46th floor when they...
...laughed out loud when I read this...
...HONORED. Billie Jean King, 62, trailblazing athlete and social activist; by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), which named the National Tennis Center, home to the U.S. Open, for the champion; in New York City. In recognizing King?a loud voice for gays, women and other minorities?the association gave up millions it could have earned in corporate naming rights, but succeeded, said USTA chief Arlen Kantarian, at making it "clear that some things are not for sale." King won 39 Grand Slam titles, successfully lobbied for equal pay at the Open and famously trounced chauvinist Bobby Riggs...
...sorcery. As lyrical as a bedtime story, but also caustic and earthy, the novel grapples with big issues - social inequality, corruption, aids - along with more subtle signs of Africa's insecurity, like envy of the West or the loss of a national language. And it's laugh-out-loud funny. "Dictatorship is tragedy that manifests itself in comedy," says Ngugi, 68. His ability to put that into words is part of what turned him into a literary hero in Africa - and made Moi very nervous. Ngugi first started writing in the '60s, under his original name, James Ngugi...
HONORED. Billie Jean King, 62, trailblazing athlete and social activist; by the United States Tennis Association, which named the National Tennis Center, home to the U.S. Open, for the champion; in New York City. In recognizing King--a loud voice for gays, women and other minorities--the USTA gave up millions it could have earned in corporate naming rights but succeeded, said USTA chief Arlen Kantarian, at making it "clear that some things are not for sale." King won 39 Grand Slam titles, successfully lobbied for equal pay at the Open, jump-started the women's tour and famously trounced...